Videos
Engage your child with our comprehensive collection of 26 educational videos, each dedicated to a letter of the alphabet. These captivating videos combine vibrant visuals and interactive elements to introduce and reinforce letter recognition and phonetic sounds. These videos encourage active participation and repetition, essential for early literacy development.
Tracing Activities
Our tracing activities offer 26 printable worksheets, one for each letter, to help children develop fine motor skills and handwriting proficiency. Each sheet provides guided tracing paths for both uppercase and lowercase letters, allowing kids to practice proper stroke order and letter formation. These exercises lay the foundation for confident and legible writing.
Coloring Pages
Spark creativity with our set of 26 alphabet-themed coloring pages. Each page features a letter accompanied by illustrations of objects or animals starting with that letter, providing a fun and educational coloring experience. This activity enhances letter association and vocabulary building while allowing children to express themselves artistically.
Drawing Pages
Encourage artistic expression with our 26 drawing pages, each focusing on a specific letter. These pages prompt children to draw items that begin with the corresponding letter, fostering creativity and reinforcing letter-sound relationships. This hands-on approach not only solidifies alphabet knowledge but also boosts confidence in drawing and fine motor skills.
The Importance of Learning the Alphabet and Phonics
Why Early Mastery of the Alphabet Matters
As a parent, you want to give your child the best start in life. But let’s be honest: teaching the ABCs isn’t always as simple as it sounds. Especially when we're balancing parenthood, busy schedules, work, or even other kids.
The truth is, the skills they build today—like mastering the alphabet—shape their tomorrow. Early challenges with learning the alphabet and phonics can have a ripple effect on a child's academic and personal development. Without a strong foundation of the alphabet, studies have shown kids experience challenges later on with reading, writing, and and confidence in school.
With the Socratica Foundation, teaching the alphabet can be as easy as pressing "play." With our 26 letter-themed videos, watch as your kids learn that A is for Alligator, what sound the letter B makes, and how to draw the letter C. Then, print out the matching coloring pages and activity sheets for hands-on learning that’s as fun as it is effective.
The truth is, the skills they build today—like mastering the alphabet—shape their tomorrow. Early challenges with learning the alphabet and phonics can have a ripple effect on a child's academic and personal development. Without a strong foundation of the alphabet, studies have shown kids experience challenges later on with reading, writing, and and confidence in school.
With the Socratica Foundation, teaching the alphabet can be as easy as pressing "play." With our 26 letter-themed videos, watch as your kids learn that A is for Alligator, what sound the letter B makes, and how to draw the letter C. Then, print out the matching coloring pages and activity sheets for hands-on learning that’s as fun as it is effective.
FAQ
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What makes this activity bundle different from other online services?
This activity bundle is broken up into "chapters" for every letter making it easy to focus on one letter at a time. Other online services can be overwhelming, with so much content you don't know where to start. At the Socratica Foundation, we want to keep it simple but effective. Additionally, we combine printable activities with videos kids can watch. By watching our videos and then completing our printable activities, it allows kids to remember what they learned.
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After enrolling, how do I access the course?
During the sign up process, you will provide an email and create a password. This combination will become your login information. To access the course, head to our website—socratica.org—and click "sign in" in the upper right hand corner. Then you will be able to see all your courses.
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What resources does this ABCs course include?
Our Alphabet Course includes resources and learning materials for all 26 letters. For each letter, you can expect a video, a coloring page, a tracing activity page, and a drawing prompt activity. This totals to 104 ABC resources and activities for kids.
Education That Sticks
Let's be honest—it's easy to watch an educational video but it's even easier to forget what we've learned. That's why we provide MORE than just videos.
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Coloring Pages: This course includes coloring sheets for each letter of the alphabet. While learning about the letter A, color in apples, apes, alligators and aliens!
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Tracing Activities: Not only do we want kids to recognize the letters, but we also want to help them write their letters. This course includes tracing activities so kids can develop their early writing skills.
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Drawing Prompts: We want kids to get as creative as possible. That's why we've also included drawing prompts to help your kids learn the ABCs! Get out your colored pencils and markers, because learning just got FUN.